WormButterfly

Hi there, Im the laziest typer so Ill keep it short lol! Great topic btw! My band is tight in the mornings, and its very very tight anyway, i can only have liquids mostly. Even Cream consistancy is oretty tough on me. Last night i had a table spoon of Salmon at an event and i managed that but that was scary because the soups are the norm for me now. As for drinking its okay sort of but like you i have to pause and i cant chug chug it down lol. I dont do the ice cube thing lol! Thankfully! But I also dont do the food thing, Breakfasts arent till after 9am when it loosens and then its a small or half a singe yogurt. xxxxxxxx

Oh my, darling. You hold your head up high and kick him out. You dont deserve to be spoken to my that by anyone... ANYONE! Let alone your husband and the father of your baby! I am just so SORRY sweetie that he id like that. Shallow shallow shallow bastard! Please feel free to PM me and exchange emails if you want, Im in Australia though lol xxx ps. You do what you have to do to be happy.

Hi there I thought my band was a dud until my 5th fill and boy now all i can eat is liquids or Doritos.. weird huh! LOL But i have lost some weight since the last fill and the Dorito think.. only 1 or 2 lol So just relax it will work after a few fills. xx

Hello everyone, Im frantically thinking of what to cook for christmas dinner, I am vegetarian (but eat seafoods).I want to feel normal you know what I mean, not just have a cuppa soup product. I want to feel christmasy too But this is my first christmas with the band and I dont know what to cook... Any ideas? Vegetarian or Seafoodlike? Desserts are covered lol! Its got to be very very soft or liquid but preferable NOT liquid lol! and please something christmasy xoxo

thanks for posting this... i have a dull pain on my right side but near my ovary area.. still i will pass this info on.! Why cant dr's inform us of the risks before we do the surgery!

Thanks for scaring the life out of me I will be going to get half of my last fill taken out.... he put in .5cc so i will ask him to take out .25cc and see if that eases up my life a little. How does it put strain on the band by the way? Is it because there is pressure on top from the fluids or food i am consuming and the hole is too small for it to pass through and the pressure makes it pop or how does that work? Im really interested..? Thanks so much for your advice xoxoxo

Just wanting to know please.. from experienced bandsters... Thank you so much xxx (Mainly because water is all i can have... and only in small sips....) Since my last fill...

On the bright side i was able today to have miso soup for lunch with boiling hot water (its out of a packet). Its like a broth. That went down ok, but the gelati I had.. didnt feel so great. I had those weird noises coming from my tummy that sound like burps... do you know the ones? lol.. the ones you think no one hears but that everyone hears lmao! Yep them! I think the band was swollen after the fill (2 days ago of 0.5cc). So now maybe its looser? Still I WOULD NOT DARE to eat a solid food lol that would be like OUCH! Te he! Its ok I dont mind! DIsaster walking congrats on your achievement your very svelt now indeed... omg I cant see you!!!!!!! *hugs* Its a great feeling and we are all brave.

Hello everyone! Finally I know.. its been almost 1 year since I joined... well I have added a photo to my signature now Yes I cut my face off because I dont want people I know.. knowing I have had this surgery because people talk.. and you know what thats like. Anyway here I am! Lol.. I think I am at a good fill now.. basically I cant eat! LOL! I LOVE IT! Its a tad swollen the band area he said that happens and then it eases off so its ok soon I will be able to eat again but with my other fills i WAS able to EAT.. he said it will be ok and i really trust my dr he is great... (I got a new guy to do my fills.. and I swear he is divine Mmmmm Grr) Anyway lol! Here I am Ta da! I have not lost anyweight post surgery yet.. o only lost about 10 kilos on the liquids before the surgery which i have kept off.. So here I am basically RAW and from scratch so i hope the next photos I post I will be minus 5 - 10 kilos I am 100 kilos right now (puke)! Worm Butterfly.

Thanks ladies, I just got through to my dr, he said its a 10cc band also, he said they have 2 bands and the one i have is for smaller sized stomachs... let me tell you i fell in love instantly lol

Just wondering... thank you everyone xoxo

Dont be ashamed dear. Just re-start your eating, so te slim shakes for a week if you can and then start on soups and soft foods, I also have a sugar and chocolate addiction, but I am working though it. If you want to emai me please do. You will be okay, smile.. its a long road with bumps we have ahead. xoxo

Congratulations!

For lunch - Lightly grilled silken tofu 300 grams - Very yum! And easy to eat.. you know no stuck feelings!

I bought Tofu, and lightly fried it with a little salt. After my last fill I havent been able to eat normally and getting used to the fill is a part of the experience. So... TOFU is really good! Healthy too And VEGETARIAN.. like me Does anyone have any other tips? (Food tips) Something soft yet filling (not soup)... Thanks

Being the baby I am lol (I peeled the apple and sliced and diced it) I guess i just have to start with softer foods again, I will have a soup for lunch.. wayyyyyy later when this apple saga is over!

Hi everyone, I sort of gave up and let my fills go for 4 months... long time huh but i was so upset it was not working for me. Over the 4 months i started to realise that I was craving healthy foods, i walked past the chocolate, chip, ice-cream isles andthought thats a little unlike me lol! Anyway I started buying new clothes last month.. same size but they fit so much nicer and looser. I went yesterday to see my 'filler' and got a .5 fill. He weighed me and said i have lost 6 kilos! (about 12 pounds)..... Thats with me not trying, thats with me not being worried about fills and it not working! My attitude changed over those 4 months... And i lost weight. So if its not working for you maybe stop focusing on the fills and start thinking about your 'thinking' its what all the long time bandsters have been saying but only now that it happened to me did it sink in! It is working.. slowly.... but it is working! Thats all i care about! (Even better MY ATTITUDE is changing, the attitude that made me fat to start with!!) Now I need some advice.... I have hit some Saliva park! lol I need to reanalyse my eating, i had 1/2 an apple and not its sort of you know bulky or stuck i did chew it well but im sitting here with a spit cup lol.. so i dont swallow all that saliva or it will make the pain worse.. Any ideas?

Your son and you are both adorable. Your really good at the pole. I have one too and I am scared I am going to tear a beam down outta my roof with my plumpness lol! Its scarey lol! What type of pole is yours? I must say your making me want my pole back up again! Ill have to do that cause its sooo much fun and I can see how much fun your having with your little man! He is so super cute! Keep it up!

Thank you for your reply, it was lovely to feel your inspiration and strength through a mere post on a forum. You made a lot of sense and afterall it was a big step to take, but the biggest step is to change my or our attitudes as such. Sooo babysteps! I did 3km on the treadmill to Alanis morrisette after I read your post I am going to aim to do 3km in the morning and then 3km at night. I am also going to try to have slimshakes again cause i have more than 100 left, until i lose 10 kilos. Thats my baby goal! Also as you mostly use imperial here is the conversion: 22.5 lb = 10.2058 kg I will keep you updated maybe I will start of find a excercise thread to post my emotions and sweat lol!

Hi everyone, Im here for some support and advice. I guess its hard and we are in the same boat. I cant excercise im too lazy and have no motivation as is the story of my life, what do you do to motivate yourself? Also frigging chocolate and icecream.... how do i stop? I dont eat big meals thats GREAT but then i eat the rubbish that goes down so well and yum. I dont eat bread much at all, cant get it down, same with my vegetarian chicken fillets. I have the band but im not doing it well. Jusrt need some enlightenment and positivity cause i know how to do it but i feel i just cant? Oh and im soo lethargic... xx

Hey hun, Im just writing fast to say i had no restriction for 4 months nearly. Be patient and it will come, just keep getting thise fills. Better to go slow than to get too much and feel too full. xx

Today I had a fill, they could get it into my flipped port!!!!!!!! So I had some water and felt.... RESTRICTION!!!!!!!!! Then I went home and was a little evil.. I had a cup of pumpkin soup which was to see if i had restriction and as i was thinking about having anoter serve... I felt... "F U L L " And now an hour later Im still "S T U F F E D" Can I start singing yet!!?? I THINK this is my 'spot' and now I Might lose weight, fingers crossed.. everyone lol. Im still full.. pumpkin soup.. Oh i couldnt eat another morsel.. HOW FREAKY IS THAT! So hence im fat but i feel good cause im going to lose this bad nasty mean persistant fat and I am going to WIN control of my body and life.. this is the moment that I feel GOOD about my decision! Cant wait to get a size 0 bikini.. * Muah ha ha* Ok well lets just say i cant wait for a towel to wrap around my waist lol.. start small.. baby steps Had to share this with you WB!

I wish you the best and know how stressful this time must be for you. Let us know what happens. Ask your dr questions, is there a reason for your stress that you could find a new way to cope?

Hi everyone, After seeing the dr yesterday I am mortified and depressed even more than I thought was possible. He said I DO have to have the port reopened and will get another scar i the same place as the 5cm port scar, and another general anesthetic. I cant talk about this yet because I am feeling like i just want this piece of rubbish taken out! He said that i may have busted a stitch of the port which was held in place onto my abdominal wall, he said even sneezing may have done it, i was thinking last time i had a fill the million injection attempts may have done it, anyway i have to be cut open again. I think I want it gone, ... its weird no one else here has has this happen. Do you think he stuffed up? Can I really never sneeze again? Serious? I have not exercised or done anything strenuous. I remember after the op they normally do a CT to make sure its all in place, he refused me that. I cant fathom this yet, i will post again soon, right now im really just very upset.